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  • Apple and Nvidia may invest in OpenAI

    Image: The Verge OpenAI is reportedly gearing up for a huge round of funding, and Apple and Nvidia might be among the investors. On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple, which is planning to integrate ChatGPT into iOS, is in talks to invest. Soon after, Bloomberg also reported that Apple is in talks…

  • The Nintendo Switch is receiving a rare $30 discount

    The Nintendo Switch is still a good handheld, even if the Steam Deck and more powerful options exist. | Photo by James Bareham / The Verge Nintendo recently confirmed it’ll announce a next-gen Nintendo Switch next year, but beyond that, the company hasn’t revealed much about the forthcoming console (including how much it will go…

  • Studios are cracking down on some of the internet’s most popular pirating sites

    Image: Toei Animation For years, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has worked with Hollywood’s Motion Picture Association (MPA) to crack down on digital piracy, and this week, it seems like the organizations took a huge step toward reaching their goal. Today, ACE — a coalition of over 50 major entertainment companies and production…

  • Jurassic World Rebirth comes out next year

    Image: Universal Pictures Universal Pictures has announced that Jurassic World Rebirth will come to theaters in 2025. The studio didn’t release any trailers to accompany the news, leaving us with production stills starring Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali. Jurassic World Rebirth. In theaters July 2025. pic.twitter.com/CLUdLQPPfO — Jurassic World (@JurassicWorld) August 29, 2024…

  • Bluesky adds ‘anti-toxicity’ options to limit dogpiling and hostile quote posts

    If a post is being shared as part of a dogpiling effort, Bluesky users can now limit people from linking to them directly. | Image: Bluesky Bluesky has introduced a bunch of new “anti-toxicity” features that aim to help users protect themselves against harassment and dogpiling. Announced via a recent blog post, version 1.90 of…

  • Remedy partners with Annapurna for Control 2 and potential film and TV adaptations

    Control. | Image: Remedy Entertainment Remedy Entertainment is teaming up with Annapurna Pictures to expand the world of Control. The most concrete part of the news is that Annapurna — which also has an indie game publishing arm — will be funding half of the development budget for the previously announced Control 2. Beyond that,…

  • Verizon is going to launch satellite messaging this fall

    Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Verizon is the next big phone company to launch a satellite messaging service — and it’s coming soon. Starting this fall, the service will let “certain smartphones” access emergency messaging and location sharing via satellite in a partnership with Skylo — which is also powering Google’s recently announced Satellite…

  • Apple Sports is ready for all kinds of football

    Image: Apple The Apple Sports app is gearing up for football season with an update that brings live scores and play-by-play information for NFL and college football games to your iPhone’s lockscreen. With Live Activities support “for all teams and leagues available in the app for the first time ever” in iOS 18 and watchOS…

  • Can Meta clean up its data centers with geothermal energy?

    A rendering of Sage Geosystems’ geothermal energy project. | Image: Sage Geosystems Meta announced a new partnership this week in the hopes that geothermal energy can help it reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. Meta and startup Sage Geosystems struck up a deal to develop new geothermal power plants. If they make it to the finish…

  • A demure and mindful trademark investigation

    Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge; Jools Lebron At this point, you either already know about the “very demure, very mindful” meme that originated on TikTok, or you have neither the interest nor the capacity to understand. It is simply A Thing, a viral catchphrase that may become as ubiquitous in the 2020s as “eyebrows…